Date of Award

1-1-2016

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Clinical Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, 34 pages) : 1 illustration.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Julia M Hormes

Committee Members

James Boswell

Keywords

binge eating, cravings, Obsessive Compulsie Eating Scale, Obsessive Compulsive Drinking Scale, scale development, Food habits, Compulsive eating, Alcoholism, Psychometrics, Obsessive-compulsive disorder, Health risk assessment, Eating disorders

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

Objective: Food cravings are common and have been implicated in eating-related pathology, including binge eating, bulimia nervosa, and overweight/obesity, but difficulties in defining and quantifying the phenomenon of craving are well documented. There has been an increase in focus on the study of cognitive mechanisms underlying craving, in particular the role of intrusive thoughts; however, existing craving measures fail to fully capture these aspects of the craving experience. The present study was designed to develop a psychometrically sound measure of the obsessive-compulsive aspects of food cravings.

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